the results were an explosion of video programming supply, hbo, cnn, and eventually c-span. sorry, brian. [laughter] >> this permitted cable penetration of urban areas. it had been previously confined to rural areas. this surprised ship was far more than the resentments of richard nixon or even otp's structural schemes to determine and undermine the autolock realistic hegemony of the networks. the breakup of the old bell system. i think that it was highly doubtful that bob is associated with digital technology applied to medications, such as the internet and broadband services, would have occurred so swiftly or perhaps at all. but for the disintegration of the bell system monopoly. although not a turn at the time, the bell system, in partnership with its regulators and notwithstanding at bell labs, had systematically targeted rather than promoted the adoption of new communications technologies. in successfully promoting a new communications freedom, the freedom to innovate, tom whitehead made an enormous contribution to social well-being, not just in the united states, but o